NANTUCKET MARIA MITCHELL ASSOCIATION IN
EIN 04-2129139 · Health Care (E)
What they do
THE MISSION of THE ASSOCIATION is PROMOTION of THE LEGACY of MARIA MITCHELL and EXPLORATION, EDUCATION and ENJOYMENT of NANTUCKETS LAND, WATERS and SKIES BEYOND. IN FULFILLING THE MISSION THEY RECOGNIZE THE HISTORIC PERSONA of MARIA MITCHELL, THE FOREMOST AMERICAN WOMAN SCIENTIST and EDUCATOR of THE 19TH CENTURY, and HER POTENTIAL IMPACT ON CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT BY PASSING ON HER LEGACY of INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY, RESPECT for and LOVE of NATURE, LEARNING BY DOING, and THE IDEAL of INDIVIDUALISM. THE ASSOCIATIONS CONTRIBUTIONS to ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE, and EDUCATION ARE THE BASIS for THEIR CONTINUING TRADITION of HIGH QUALITY RESEARCH and TEACHING WHICH INSPIRES TODAYS LEARNERS and TOMORROWS SCIENTISTS. THE ASSOCIATION ALSO PROVIDES SCIENTIFIC RESOURCES and EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS for THE COMMUNITY, USES NANTUCKET ISLAND AS AN EXCEPTIONAL NATURAL LABORATORY IN WHICH to STUDY SCIENCE and THE ENVIRONMENT, and MAINTAINS RESEARCH AND/OR REPRESENTATIVE COLLECTIONS of NANTUCKETS BIODIVERSITY.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1925
- Location
- 4 VESTAL ST, NANTUCKET, MA 02554-2609
- County
- Nantucket
- In care of
- JOANNA ROCHE